On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 12:48:18 +0100 Mark Rogers <mark@quarella.co.uk> allegedly wrote:
Assuming I do upgrade the mobo, what chipsets should I be looking for? Host O/S will be Ubuntu (14.04 64-bit).
Again, that depends..... :-) I'd probably go for the H87 chipset. Not as full featured as the Z87, but then at the pricepoint you are thinking of (and the CPU) I'd guess you aren't that interested in overclocking. Ebuyer gives the following options for socket 1155 http://www.ebuyer.com/search?q=intel+Socket+1155+motherboard and this article explains the difference between the chipsets http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Z87-H87-H81-Q87-Q85-B85-What-is-th... and of course wikipedia gives some useful detail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1155 My understanding is that the B and Q series chipsets are aimed at business use whilst the H and Z are aimed at domestic use. So for example the Q series chipsets offer active management technology which is useful to a business, less so for a home user. HTH Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mick Morgan gpg fingerprint: FC23 3338 F664 5E66 876B 72C0 0A1F E60B 5BAD D312 http://baldric.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------